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New arrivals this week!

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Time for a quick recap of this week's new arrivals! A slew of releases on the brilliant Fishrider Records label! The two new Comet Gain lp reissues on M'Lady's Records! The brand new Electro Group lp on Pehr Records! The new Yearning retrospective cd on Elefant! The cool Vital Idles 7" on Not Unloved of Glasgow! You'll find all of these and more here!

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Announcing PZL116: Ghost Thoughts!

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Next up in our busy winter release schedule is the new project from Davina Shell (of Thee Ahs) and friends, and truth be told, it's really not too different from her previous band. And that's a good thing, because I LOVED Thee Ahs and their brand of pure and simple indiepop with the sweetest vocals - as much as I loved the Fat Tulips back when Sunday Records reigned supreme. Not to insinuate that these songs are all flowers and butterflies - in fact, they're rather darker in tone. Davina wrote all of the songs, but each track on this EP...

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Announcing PZL114: Lures!

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Four new releases out on Jigsaw this month - say hello to release number one! It's the second album from Lures, a Seattle trio with a classic surfy rock sound, steeped in reverb and all that, only with songs that sound modern, in a similar style as someone like Chris Cohen and Tele Novella. But in between, they'll go and do a surf instrumental or cover Del Shannon's "Runaway". A nicely varied and rich album and it's on sale now here!

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New arrivals for the week!

Posted by Chris McFarlane on

Got in a bunch of great releases in the last week, new and old! A quick glance reveals... The new Hepburns lp on Radio Khartoum - fantastic! The new Lost Tapes singles comp cd/lp on Shelflife - excellent! The new Stuart Moxham tribute cd from France - terrific! The new releases on the Kingfisher Bluez label - magnificent! And other assorted finds, including the new Photon cd on Beko, the Pyramidiacs dbl cd collection and the essential Someloves debut album! All of these - and more - to be found in our new arrivals section!

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New releases on the Shiny Happy label!

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Got a nice package in from Shiny Happy Records with some restocks, as well as a new 3" cd from Lousy Pop Group, cassettes from Toy Tambourine and the Sweetest Touch, and just in time for January... a Christmas comp?!  Oh, the holiday season may be well behind us, but this has rare and unreleased tracks from Bubblegum Lemonade, Math & Physics Club, Dylan Mondegreen and many more, so be sure to snag one before they're gone!

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